By Melanie Dallas, LPC The statistics were shocking. A 2014 study by the Veterans Administration (VA) found that 22 veterans were taking their own lives each day in the U.S. A follow-up study published last year found that although suicides among veterans were decreasing, there was still an average of 20 veteran suicides each day. […]
Read More »The Readjustment Will Be Painful
The Readjustment Will Be Painful We’re in for a rough ride in the next few years readjusting ourselves, as a democratic country, from our experiment with Socialism to a return to the representative government our Constitution demands. Competing forces are tearing us apart. Thank a Democrat. The war cycles are converging; the economic cycles are […]
Read More »Media Update: Collins Helps Pass Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Collins Helps Pass Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act WASHINGTON—Today the House passed H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) co-sponsored. Science has demonstrated that unborn children can feel pain 20 weeks after conception, and the bill would prohibit abortions once the fetus has reached that age. Fifteen states, including […]
Read More »Georgia Trend Names Sen. Steve Gooch One of Georgia’s Most Influential People
Georgia Trend Names Sen. Steve Gooch One of Georgia’s Most Influential People ATLANTA (January 8, 2018) | Senator Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) was recognized as one of Georgia’s most influential people by Georgia Trend magazine. The magazine’s annual list recognizes the 100 Most Influential Georgians. “It is an honor to be recognized among this distinguished […]
Read More »We’re Blind To What’s Coming
We’re Blind to What’s Coming Let’s see if we can figure this one out. ISIS claims 64 year old Stephen Paddock, the mass murderer in Las Vegas, was a convert to Islam fulfilling their call to conduct lone-wolf attacks in the West. Almost Immediately the FBI tells us there’s absolutely no such connection; and this […]
Read More »Former Cobb Medical Examiner and others charged with Racketeering in Cherokee County for Opioid Distribution
Cherokee County, GA Dr. Joseph L. Burton, a former county medical examiner and forensic pathologist, has been charged along with other individuals by warrants sworn to by agents of the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (CMANS) with RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations) charges in Cherokee County related to the illegal distribution of opioid […]
Read More »Media Update: Collins Praises House Passage of Pro-life Survivor Protection Act
Collins Praises House Passage of Pro-life Survivor Protection Act WASHINGTON—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) helped the House of Representatives pass H.R. 4712, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor Protection Act today. Collins is an original cosponsor of this legislation. “The crowds of people joining the March for Life today remind us that support for pro-life policies remains deep across America. […]
Read More »GBI Assessment of Fentanyl Spill
Decatur, GA – On Thursday, June 29, 2017, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) conducted an assessment of the fentanyl spill. This assessment has determined that evidence containing a powder of fine furanyl fentanyl leaked through untaped corners and seams of a cardboard box. The furanyl fentanyl came from powder residue within the box. The […]
Read More »Georgia DOT Continues Cable Rail Repair Along I-575 in Cherokee
Georgia DOT Continues Cable Rail Repair along I-575 in Canton, GA CANTON Ga. – A Georgia DOT Maintenance crew resumes today its work on repairing the cable rail along Interstate 575 in Cherokee County. Work will proceed daily between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., weather permitting. It is Georgia DOT position that guardrail and […]
Read More »Lt. Governor Cagle to Host Health Care Reform Task Force Meeting
ATLANTA, June 30, 2017 – Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, along with Sens. Renee Unterman, Dean Burke, Chuck Hufstetler, Ben Watson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Jack Hill and Doc Rhett, will hold a meeting of Georgia’s Health Care Reform Task Force at Tift Regional Medical Center on MONDAY, July 10, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Members will discuss innovative reforms to advance Georgia as a […]
Read More »Gainesville Students to Attend Air Force and Naval Academies
Gainesville Students to Attend Air Force and Naval Academies GAINESVILLE, Ga.—Two students from northeast Georgia have been offered admission to a U.S. military academy. Cameron Sturdivant will join the class of 2022 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Chase Nufer will attend the U.S. Naval Academy. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) nominated these students to […]
Read More »Short Takes – The Real NFL
The Real NFL The members of the Negro Football League (NFL), serve less as ‘slaves’ than they do as ‘Gladiators.” They are contestants in combat for the public spectacles in which they choose to perform. They are supplied with proper protective equipment to deflect the blows of their adversaries, their own weapons, their speed and […]
Read More »GDOL to Co-Sponsor Northeast Georgia Career Fair in Cumming
GDOL to co-sponsor Northeast Georgia Career Fair in Cumming ATLANTA – About 60 employers will be recruiting to fill a number of jobs at the Northeast Georgia Career Fair in Cumming on Oct. 5. The expo will be co-sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL), Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce, WorkSource Georgia Mountains and Lanier Technical College. […]
Read More »Media Update: Collins Helps House Pass Bill to Protect Medicare Access
Collins Helps House Pass Bill to Protect Medicare Access WASHINGTON—Today Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) helped the House of Representatives pass H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2017, legislation that would repeal an Obamacare provision that threatens seniors’ access to care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare, established the Independent […]
Read More »Short Takes – Transportation Woes
Transportation Woes Leave it to the media to anathematize Trump and Conservatism using any issues that flies by. The media has become so unscrewed by their hatred of President Trump that, like the NFL, they don’t really see or understand what they are continuing to do to themselves, further tarnish their credibility and diminish their […]
Read More »ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION SENTENCED TO PRISON
ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION SENTENCED TO PRISON ATLANTA – Stanley Lamar Bailey has been sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition and a firearm on November 7, 2015, after leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase. “Bailey placed innocent people in danger by […]
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